Pause Button Emoji
This emoji shows two vertical parallel lines, used to pause the music on a music player.
Pause Button is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 7.0 , and included in Emoji 0.7.
This emoji is part of the Symbols and is grouped with other Av Symbol emojis. Part of the Unicode Miscellaneous Technical block.
Copy and paste the Pause Button emoji:
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Codes & Encoding for the Pause Button Emoji
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Codepoint
U+23F8 U+FE0F✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
⏸️✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
⏸️✓ Copied -
CSS
\23F8\FE0F✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{23F8}\u{FE0F}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%E2%8F%B8%EF%B8%8F✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:pause_button:✓ Copied - Unicode block Miscellaneous Technical
How to Type the Pause Button Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :pause_button: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :pause_button: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Pause Button Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Pause Button Emoji
- Hit ⏸️ when I need a break.
- Pause the video with ⏸️.
- ⏸️ button is perfect for a quick stop.
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